Factors influencing the green purchase behavior of penang environmental volunteers

International Business Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-49

  Wahid, Nabsiah Abdul ^a   Rahbar, Elham ^a   Shyan, Tan Shwu ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ecological affect; Environmental attitude; Environmental knowledge; Environmental label; Penang's green volunteers; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650185660     PISSN: 19935250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ibm.2011.38.49     Document Type: Article

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